Kryvyi Rih
Restoration work continues in the Dnipropetrovsk region after the night enemy attack; the number of consumers without electricity has decreased to half a million. More than 1,500 Invincibility Points and heating tents have been deployed in the region.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the Russian attack on the energy infrastructure of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, emphasizing the importance of partners' reaction. He stressed that such strikes have no military sense and are Russia's war against the Ukrainian people.
As a result of a massive attack on Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, most consumers were left without electricity and water supply. Energy workers will begin restoration work as soon as the security situation allows.
In Dnipro, electricity supply has disappeared, and in some places, water supply is absent, with no forecasts for restoration. In the Zaporizhzhia region, hospitals have been switched to generators due to electricity supply restrictions.
Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, announced possible serious emergency power outages after massive Russian attacks. Residents are advised to stock up on water and charge their gadgets, and all invincibility points are operational.
In Kryvyi Rih, three people sustained injuries of moderate severity as a result of a massive Russian attack. The injured have been hospitalized.
The head of the Kryvyi Rih City Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, announced a massive Russian attack on the city.
A Shahed-type drone hit an enterprise in Kryvyi Rih. This was reported by Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city's Defense Council.
In Kryvyi Rih, an infrastructure facility was hit as a result of a ballistic attack by the Russian Federation, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, preliminarily without casualties.
The Russian army attacked Kryvyi Rih with ballistic weapons, causing explosions in the city.
Over the course of 2025, sappers of the State Special Transport Service inspected and cleared over 45,000 hectares of Ukrainian territories of explosive ordnance. A total of 52,499 explosive devices were neutralized, with the largest number found in the Kherson region.
In Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of an attack by Russian Shahed UAVs, the "I-VETERAN" Administrative Service Center was destroyed. The main "Viza" ASC was also significantly damaged; both centers will not be operating on December 22.
In Kryvyi Rih, four people were injured as a result of a UAV attack, two were hospitalized. Private and two-story houses, an administrative building, and a cultural institution were damaged. Nikopol region was shelled with MLRS and an FPV drone.
Six people were injured as a result of a drone attack on Cherkasy on the night of December 18. The enemy targeted critical infrastructure, damaging residential buildings and a sports complex.
On the evening of December 17, Russian drones attacked Cherkasy, Sumy, and Kryvyi Rih regions, causing infrastructure damage and destruction. As a result of the shelling, there are casualties, including two in Kryvyi Rih and one person in Sumy region.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, due to enemy shelling, the contact network was de-energized, which led to train delays. Delays affect both long-distance and suburban routes, reaching up to 6 hours and 30 minutes.
The prosecutor's office is demanding life imprisonment for a man who committed sexual violence against a 13-year-old child in Kryvyi Rih in 2023. The Pokrovsky District Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, but juvenile prosecutors are preparing an appeal to change the verdict.
Russian troops attacked Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and UAVs, as a result of which a 51-year-old man was killed and five people, including children, were injured. An agricultural enterprise, private houses, a gas pipeline, and an administrative building were damaged.
As a result of Russia's missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, the number of injured children has risen to four. The attack caused garages to catch fire and damaged an administrative building.
As a result of the Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, three people were injured, including a three-year-old girl. The child and a 28-year-old woman will receive outpatient treatment, while an 87-year-old woman has been hospitalized.
A ballistic missile, likely an Iskander-M, hit an administrative building in Kryvyi Rih. One woman was injured, and many high-rise buildings were damaged.
Starting December 14, 2024, Ukrzaliznytsia is introducing a new train schedule for 2025-2026, which includes 11 new routes (8 international, 3 domestic) and hourly train service between Kyiv and Lviv. Among the domestic updates are the Kramatorsk-Chop, Kryvyi Rih-Ivano-Frankivsk trains, and the extended Kharkiv-Uzhhorod route.
The Novyi Zir network became the first clinic in Ukraine to receive a prestigious European award. It won the European Private Hospitals Awards 2025 in the nomination "Healthcare System Resilience and Crisis Management"
The prosecutor's office заочно notified four high-ranking officials of the Russian Armed Forces of suspicion, who planned and coordinated a missile strike on a playground in Kryvyi Rih on April 4, 2025. As a result of the attack, 20 civilians, including 9 children, were killed and 44 were injured.
A training grenade, brought by a 9-year-old girl, exploded at the Oknyany support institution in Odesa region. One boy sustained minor scratches; the girl's mother faces a warning or a fine of up to 1700 hryvnias.
On November 6, a grenade exploded in an apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, killing one person. The police are considering the version of suicide, a criminal case has been opened.
On October 28, cloudy weather is expected throughout Ukraine, with wet snow possible in the Carpathians. Air temperature will range from +7 to +16 degrees, with warming from October 30.
In Sumy region, a Russian drone attacked a minibus with passengers, five people were injured, one of them in serious condition. Among the victims is a minor child. The minibus burned to ashes.
In Kryvyi Rih on October 26, power outages occurred due to a lightning strike. In particular, the Inhulets district was left without electricity.
Russian occupiers attacked the residential sector of Sumy with a drone on October 26, hitting the roof of a nine-story building. A fire broke out, which was extinguished, and one person suffered an acute stress reaction.